NASA discovered a bevy of headaches in its first three tries to run through a dress rehearsal countdown of the Artemis I moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center earlier this year. Now it's ready for atte… [+3755 chars]
An important scientific committee has just proposed a large-scale mission to the American space agency. They say sending a probe to Uranus would tell us more about this largely unexplored planet. Th… [+1901 chars]
Birds are warm-blooded, while lizards are cold-blooded. Both groups are related to dinosaurs. For this reason, paleontologists have long wondered whether these deniers had slow (cold-blooded) metabol… [+3252 chars]
NASA is planning a mission to demonstrate the ability to repair and upgrade satellites in Earth's orbit. The mission, called OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-1), will send a… [+9428 chars]
Brian Cox wants you to think about the nature of the space-time continuum and our location inside it. That may appear to be a large lift, so the world-renowned physicist is here to help. Cox is pres… [+3494 chars]
Dark matter is a type of matter in the universe that does not absorb, reflect or emit light, which makes it impossible to directly detect. In recent years, astrophysicists and cosmologists worldwide … [+4144 chars]
<li>Costa, A., Caricchi, L. & Bagdassarov, N. S. A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks. Geochemistry, Geophys. Geosystems10, 113 (2009). Article G… [+13639 chars]
While studying the reaction of male mice to pregnant and lactating female mice, researchers made a related and somewhat odd discovery: male mice are terrified of the smell of bananas. A team from Mc… [+3481 chars]
Ever since humanity came to the realization that the Earth is one of many planets, we have dreamed about the possibility of worlds around other stars. After all, our sun is but one of over 100-billio… [+6317 chars]
While the idea of living on Mars may sound like the plot of the latest science fiction blockbuster, firms including NASA and SpaceX are seriously considering it as a possibility. Several challenges… [+13452 chars]
An astrophotographer has captured a 286-megapixel image of the sun during the most intense period of solar activity in decades. The picture shows huge fireballs circling on the surface of the sun, a… [+7434 chars]
Darwin's theory of evolution probably isn't the full explanation for the emergence of life. Even in a barren environment conducive to fierce competition, cooperation between molecular networks may ha… [+4015 chars]
